Lakers Owner Reinvented Basketball

Jerry Buss added a dose of Hollywood éclat to the Los Angeles Lakers, reviving a franchise that under his helm went on to win 10 National Basketball Association championships.

Mr. Buss, a Southern California real-estate mogul who died Monday at age 80 of complications from cancer, bought the Lakers in 1979 along with the Forum, a 17,000-seat arena in Inglewood, Calif., where the team played before moving to the Staples Center.